Umpqua Bank gives Marin Food Bank in Novato $20,000

Umpqua Bank Wednesday presented the Marin Food Bank with a donation of $20,000 to benefit the food bank's Healthy Children Pantries.

The money will help provide low-income parents in the community with the groceries needed to prepare meals at home for their children.

Umpqua associates who work at the bank's Novato branch will also volunteer at the food bank as part of the bank's program that provides associates with up to 40 hours of paid volunteer time each year.

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